Daniel Hamori Sept.20, 2011 My dad and me were building Lego. My dad and I both love Lego projects. Today we built a gas station and an amazing vehicle with eight wheels! Now I’m going to tell you about them. In the gas station there is a clerk inside and a worker outside. My sister…
Just a note to our readers… this is not the usual post about travelling or moving to a foreign country, but a very personal account what travelling throughout Europe and moving allowed me to accomplish on a personal level. I believe we all have the ability to determine our futures through the power of thought,…
I have one deep dark secret, a craving that measures none other. When I start eating them stand back as I don’t share well, and I have been known to eat an entire big bag to myself. Yes it is those heavenly little fried wonders from god- the potatoe chip. I like mine thin, crunchy…
In the days when my friend Anne was a child living in Capestang, she would be playing in her grandmother’s garden near the canal when she would hear the long repeated horn of a canal barge. This signaled the locals to stop what they were doing and run to the stone bridge, where many neighbours who also heard the…
Part of the fun of living in a new country is trying all the new recipes and flavours, and then experimenting in the kitchen. Here is how I did the traditional Beef Bourguignon or Beef Burgundy, my way! Ingredients: 3 lbs stewing beef cubed 1-2 Beef cubes with water or 2 cups beef broth 1…
“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” Plautus There is something special about Oenophiles, those talented among us that are devoted to wine, who can describe a vintage in countless different ways. They have such highly acute senses, that they can pick-up on minute traces, those fragrances and flavours that the average person simply misses….
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain Our new life and start up took confidence and yes we were very ignorant and naive upon arrival. But there is always hope at a successful business, and even after a few setbacks we steadily make our way forward. Like my girlfriend…
Alfonz calls me up to say ‘Bon Appetit’ as he does often when he is touring clients around southern France. This day he did a late morning wine tour in La Clape wine appellation, followed by a seaside lunch at La Cambuse in Gruissan, and after another wine tasting at the beautiful VanHo Belair on…